ARLINGTON, Va.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has entered into an agreement to acquire the U.S.
federal government services business of Endgame Inc., a privately held
endpoint detection and response (EDR) cybersecurity software company
based in Arlington, VA. Endgame’s federal government services business,
which will become part of Accenture Federal Services, specializes in
proactive cyber defense, hunt-as-a-service capabilities, red teaming and
cyber operations.

“As the digital explosion is
dramatically increasing the attack surface, rapidly identifying,
isolating and remediating intrusions will be central to the next
generation of cyber defense.”

In connection with this transaction, Accenture
Security will be enhancing its existing alliance with
Endgame by reselling Endgame’s EDR platform and enhancing Accenture's
deep bench of skilled security professionals to best leverage the
platform for Accenture’s global client base. Endgame’s platform has
provided differentiated value to stop malicious cyber activity before it
causes damage and loss of critical assets, which has been recently
validated by its $18.8 million EDR contract with the U.S. Air Force to
prevent, stop and hunt advanced adversaries.

Recently, Accenture and Endgame launched its alliance and
created a hunt-as-a-service
offering for commercial clients – which will soon be available for
government clients. Additionally, Endgame’s world-class cyber threat
hunting skills will further strengthen Accenture Security’s already deep
cyber hunt capabilities. This transaction gives Endgame the opportunity
to continue to support and grow its base of federal and commercial
customers of its EDR platform.

“Accenture has built an unparalleled services business supporting some
of the world’s highly complex organizations,” said Nate Fick, CEO of
Endgame. “We see this as a natural evolution of our existing strong
services partnership with Accenture that provides them with the ability
to expand their cybersecurity services while Endgame focuses on
accelerating growth of our EDR platform. Endgame will stay laser-focused
on delivering the best security product in the world to our customers.”

Accenture Federal Services has made several investments in the
cybersecurity space in the past several months including its acquisition
of Defense
Point Security LLC, a privately held cybersecurity company that
supports the U.S. federal government and specializes in advanced cyber
defense and response capabilities.

Terms of the transaction are not being disclosed and the closing of the
acquisition is subject to regulatory review and other customary closing
conditions.

About Accenture

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) is a leading global professional services company,
providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy,
consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched
experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all
business functions – underpinned by the world’s largest delivery network
– Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help
clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their
stakeholders. With more than 394,000 people serving clients in more than
120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world
works and lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com.

About Endgame

Endgame is a leading endpoint security platform that transforms security
operations teams and incident responders from crime scene investigators
into Endgames that prevent damage and loss, and dramatically reduces the
time and cost associated with incident response and compromise
assessment. Endgame’s platform uses machine learning and data science to
prevent and detect unique attacks at the earliest and every stage of the
attack lifecycle. Endgame’s integrated response stops attacks without
disrupting normal business operations. For more information, visit www.ENDGAME.comand
follow us on Twitter @EndgameInc.

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